Bc. Cole et al., CREATING A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR ELECTRICAL SAFETY, IEEE transactions on industry applications, 30(3), 1994, pp. 543-552
Increasing OSHA regulation and industry's desire to reduce accidents,
injuries, and related costs has focused interest on improving industri
al electrical safety performance. Efforts to improve the safety of per
sonnel exposed to industrial electrical hazards may be considered part
of an overall strategy to eliminate defects in manufacturing processe
s. This paper presents a blue print for strategy, design, and implemen
tation of processes to link electrical safety to total quality improve
ment. Based on the experiences of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., (her
eafter referred to as ''the Company''), applied methods, results, and
future strategies are discussed. A continuous improvement process is a
pplies to several examples, including the previously published Electri
cally Hazardous Task Classification Flow Sheet.